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Hard to Handle

I have been running a long time folks. I have run though San Antonio summers, Vancouver's Stanley Park, Back Bay sunrises, marathon training and everything else in between. It has helped me take back a sense of control over my life when, as a college student at UF a serial killer was terrorizing my town. Although I am sure none of my family and friends were that happy with me running at the time. It has helped me clear my head on the verge of my marriage breaking down and helped me find the strength to keep putting one foot in front of another. It has reminded me almost constantly to keep breathing. With my marathon experience, it reminded me to persevere and to remember to lift my head up and enjoy the scenery on occasion. Running and I have been life long friends, albeit with an occasional lapse due to injury or being just plain tired. I remember I stopped running for awhile and began to spin almost exclusively because I just wanted to close my eyes and move to the music and th

Garmin

Gosh I have been a slacker. And trust me I have been running AND eating. I have just been super lame about blogging about it. Ok I promise to be more prolific, but I have been a tad busy. No excuse though. SO here you go. For my birthday my mom and Gary got me a Garmin GPS watch. It had to be ordered so I didn't get to start using it until February. And here it is May and I am just getting around to loading the software. Like I said, I have been a tad busy. :) Well I loaded it tonight and I am kicking myself for not doing it sooner because it is so darn cool. It tracks miles, time, distance, calories, what time you ran and it even maps it out. Ridiculous for those Type A kids like me who must keep track of EVERYthing. Take a look....... How cool is that? Look for more fun facts and maps to come!